FIGURE 1—

Comparison of US population health reports of (a) excellent/very good health, (b) current smoking, and (c) obesity: Adult Health Outcomes for Abused and Neglected Children and Matched Controls, Midwestern United States, 2003–2005.

Note. Assessed in middle adulthood (aged approximately 41 years). Adults with documented histories of abuse and neglect were less likely than were controls to report excellent or very good health (P < .05), as opposed to fair or poor health, and both groups were more likely than was the general population (P < .001). Abused and neglected individuals were more likely than were controls (P < .001) and the US population (P < .001) to report current smoking. Individuals with documented histories of abuse and neglect and controls were both significantly more likely to be obese than was the general US population (P < .001) but did not differ from each other.³⁵